Quotes by John Brown, last words in a written note given to his jailer, Dec. 2, 1859

I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that, without very much bloodshed, it might be done.

John Brown, last words in a written note given to his jailer, Dec. 2, 1859

Other Great Authors

Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.

Francis Bacon

Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth - a sense of humor.

Author Unknown

Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Peter Drucker

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

Pierre Charron

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.